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The education of Augie Merasty : a residential school memoir  Cover Image Book Book

The education of Augie Merasty : a residential school memoir / Joseph Auguste Merasty with David Carpenter.

Summary:

Now a retired fisherman and trapper, Joseph A. (Augie) Merasty was one of an estimated 150,000 First Nations, Inuit, and Metis children who were taken from their families and sent to government-funded, church-run schools, where they were subjected to a policy of "aggressive assimilation." As Merasty recounts, these schools did more than attempt to mold children in the ways of white society. They were taught to be ashamed of their native heritage and, as he experienced, often suffered physical and sexual abuse.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780889773684 (hardcover) :
  • Physical Description: xxxvii, 76 pages ; 18 cm
  • Publisher: [Regina], Saskatchewan : University of Regina Press, [2015]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
School Days, School Days -- Hard Times -- The Passion of Sister Felicity -- The Loves of Languir and Cameron -- Brotherly Love and the Fatherland -- Father Lazzardo among the Children -- Sister of the Night -- Lepeigne -- Revenge Conclusion
Subject: Merasty, Joseph Auguste.
Off-reservation boarding schools > History.
Cree Indians > Canada > Biography.
Native students > Canada > Biography.
Indians of North America > Canada > Residential schools
Cree Indians > Canada > Biography.
Native students > Canada > History.
Native students > Canada > Biography.
Autobiography
Authors, Canadian (Indigenous)
Topic Heading: Indigenous collection.

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Kitimat Public Library 371.82 Mer (Text) 32665002014696 Non-fiction Volume hold Available -
Burns Lake Public Library 371.829 Mer (Text) 35198000574823 Adult Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -
Castlegar Public Library 371.829 MER (Text) 35146001920057 Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -
Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library 371.82 MER (Text) DCL150352 Adult Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -
Fernie Heritage Library BIO MER (Text) 35136000471491 Biography - Adult Volume hold Available -
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Hazelton Public Library 371.8 Mer (Text) 35154000109797 Adult Non-Fiction - Main Floor Volume hold Available -
Invermere Public Library BIO MER (Text) IPL051276 Adult Biography Volume hold Available -
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